Welcome to Girls for a Change!
We’re a grass-roots initiative whose mission is “to empower girls to embrace their future, confident about their individuality, supported by friends, parents, and mentors and secure in their ability to lead and to achieve self-sufficiency, balance, fulfillment and success.”
Girls for a Change is made up of a Girls’ Core Committee and a Women’s Core Committee. Together, we plan an annual conference for 8th-12th grade girls across Montana, and participate in community service projects, international discussions and activities, awareness projects, and team building activities.
Recently, we have:
- Seen great success with this year’s annual conference! Our keynote speaker was Stephanie Quayle, a Bozeman native who is now a self-produced singer-songwriter in Los Angeles. The conference brought together 204 girls from 41 different Montana communities!
- Met with girls from Pakistan for a cultural exchange, as well as a group of professionals from Bangladesh, to whom the girls presented information on community approaches to youth issues and poverty.
- Repainted and helped to renovate a local women’s shelter, raised money for the Uganda Orphans’ Fund, and participated in community service projects with gardens and landscapes in the area.
- Presented at the annual 4-H conference.
We’ve got great things planned for the near future, so thank you for your interest and feel free to contact us with any questions or comments, or if you want to join our mailing list sign up for our free email newsletter.
Girls for a Change is not related to the San Jose-based organization Girls for a Change. If you are looking for the San Jose-based organization please visit http://www.girlsforachange.org.